Spice-cabinet.



B. V. APFELD.

SPICE CABINET.

4 APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11. 1915.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- 37 Bernard \[Arfeld M I, a I/ H e H a (3 L N bv z u: w3 #U. if a 6 8 To all whom it may concern:

ms STATES PATENT OFFICE."

BERNARD v. Arr-Em, or srommn, wnsnrire'ron.

SPICE-CABINET.

Be it known that I, BERNARD V. a citizen of the United States, residingat Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Spice-Cabinets, of which thefollowing. is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved spice cabinet and has as itsprincipal ob ect the provision of a device so arranged so that theproprietor may 'at all times determine the amount of stock containedtherein;

A second object of my invention is to provide a device which not onlygives a display face but is also readily accessible for the removal ofarticles for sale.

A final object of my invention resides in "the particular arrangementand combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinetembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken on theline 22 of Fig.1 showing the second tier of display space and storagecompartment. Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2 but showing the parts inY the rear of the door so as to be convenient different position. Fig. 4is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. 'Fig. 5 is a frontelevation ofthe drawers shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail viewtakenfrom the left of Fig. 5.- Fig. 7 isa detail view similar to Fig. 6but taken from the right of Fig. v5.

Throughout the separate'views the same part is designated by the samereference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a combined storage anddisplay cabinet made according to my invention and shown placed on acounter such as 2. The cabinet .1 is provided with sidewalls such as 3-3and has a vertical partition such as 4, best shown in Figs. 2 and 3,which is.

placed near the front thereof. The front face of the cabinet is closedby a door such as 5 and the space contained between the partition 4 andthe closed door 5 is divided Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d N30, 1915', Application filed January 11, 1915. Serial No. 1,615. i I l Imount-a drawer such as 11 in which is stored other packages of goods 8of the same 7 character as those held in the display compartment on thesame level with the drawer.

As the drawers 11 open rearwardly the salesman has .ready access-to thegoods as the drawer, and metal shutter strips such as 14-14. The metalpieces 12, 13' and 14 are connected at their outer ends to a wooden endpiece 15, and at their inner ends to the wooden strip 16, which formsthe front end I of the drawer. I

In order to facilitate the withdrawal of a package when desired, theside walls 3'-3 of the cabinet are cutaway in a step formation asclearly shown in Fig. 1, and the rear ends of the drawers are leftuncovered. Consequently the salesman does not have to open a drawer inorder to take out a package. Moreover, I provide means whereby thepackages are automatically brought to to the hand. Such means comprise across piece. 17 which is mounted within the ends of the drawers so as toslide on the strips 14 and 13 and which is connected by a 7 spring 18 tothe end piece15. It will be seen from the foregoing that the slidablepiece 17 urged by the'spring 18 will constantly press the packages 8 tothe rear of the drawer where they. can be readily obtained.

In order to facilitate the introduction of V the packages into thedrawers I provide a spring catch 19 which is mounted so as to projectforwardly through a central slot 20 in the member 17. The member 16 alsois provided with a central slot 21 and when the member 17 is pulled soas to extend the spring 18 toits full extent, the catch 19 will bepressed over the forward edge of the bottom of the slot 21 so as to holdthe member-17 against the member 16 with the spring in extendedposition. If now the drawer is pushed into the cabinet.to itsfullestextent the upwardly inclined end 22 of the spring catch 19 willstrike the inclined surface of a notch 23 hollowed out of the rear faceof the member 4 and lift the spring catch out of'engagement withthe'edge ofthe s10t"21 whereupon the presandwhich extends between thecurved lower sure of the spring 18 will be exerted against the packagesin the drawers. It will be seen that the spring 18 is attached directlyto plates 24 and 25- which are carried by the -members 15 and 17,respectively.

In order to facilitate the making of an inventory and to enable theamount of.stock to be readily told at any time, I provide an indicatordisk which isv pivotally mounted at the outer end or right hand end, ofthe drawer as shown in Fig. 4. The disk 30 is numbered on its exterioras shown in Fig. 5 while its inner surface is notched as shown at 31 inFigs. 6 and 7. A spring catch 32 fastened to the front of the member 15normally holds the disk 30 from turning in any but the desireddirection. A pawl 33 is provided which is pivoted at the end of a shortlever 34. The pawl 33,-is thrown into engagement with the notchedsurface 31.

by means of a spring member which is also fastened to the front of themember 15 end of the pawl 33 and the face of the end piece 15. The lever34 is fixed to a shaft 35 which is journaled at the upper edge of theend piece 15 by means of suitable brackets such as 36'. Fixed to theshaft 35' are shown two arms such as 3636 which extend inwardly from theend piece 13 and partly cover the open spaceat the rear end ofthedrawer. It will be evident that the arms 36 cover the most accessiblepackages in the drawer and that these arms must be lifted to removeoneof the packages, unless the drawer should be open. If the arms 36 Iare thrown up into the position shown in Fig. 7 then the pawl 33 will beforced down turning the disk 30. Consequently, each time a package isremoved from a drawer,

the disk 30 is turned so as to indicate this fact. If desired, ofcourse, the disk 30 may be numbered in the reverse direction so as toindicate the number of packages remaining in the drawer instead of thenumber which have been taken out. In order to facilitate the lifting ofthe arms 36 the edges of the drawers are notched as shown at 37. It willbe understood, of course, that the arms 36 may be covered with a plateto prevent dust from settling in the uncovered portion of the drawer.

It Will be understood that while I have shown and described thepreferred form of .my invention,I contemplate the use of mechanicalequivalents for the parts described herein wherever such substitutionsmay be found advantageous. 7 Having thus described my invention what Iclaim is 1. The combination with a cabinet having at least one drawertherein, of a spring operated member slidably mounted in said drawer forforcing packages toward the outer end of the drawer, means for holdingsaid member against its spring, and means for. releasingsaidholdingmeans when the drawer is pushed into the cabinet its fullestextent. I I

2. The combination with a cabinet ,having at least one drawer therein,of a ,spring operated member slidably mounted in said drawer for forcingpackages toward the outer end of the drawer,means for holding saidmember against its spring, and'means for releasing said holding meanswhen the drawer is pushed into the cabinet its fullest extent, saidholding means comprising a

